P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 250g
(a) Any person who as an employer, or an administrator, official, agent, employee or person in charge of a firm, partnership or corporation, or of another person or persons, violates or refuses to comply or is reticent in complying with any provision of this chapter, or any decree or regulation adopted by the Minimum Wage Board, and which has been validated by the provisions of this chapter, or that is subsequently issued by the Legislature pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1000), or imprisonment for a term of not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
(b) In the event of a second violation of the infractions mentioned in this section, a fine which shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1000) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment for a term of not less than one hundred twenty (120) days nor more than one year, or both penalties, shall be imposed at the discretion of the court.
History —July 27, 1998, No. 180, § 9.